Jewelry-box.



No. 864,088; PATENTED AUG. 20, 1907. 1 A. w. FARRINGTON.

JEWELRY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.21.1906.

UNITE STATES PATE ALANSON W. FARRINGTON,

MAINE.

JEWELRY-BOX.

No. 864,088. Specification of To all 'whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALANSON W. FARRINGTON, of Randolph, in the county ofNorfolk a11 l,State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Jewelry-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

This-invention relates to boxes, and has particular reference to metalboxes comprising two members hinged together and provided with springdevices for holding the said members in either closed or open position.i

The object of this invention is to provide an improved box of thecharacter referred to, which shall be simple and durable inconstruction, having no part which is liable to break or to wear off,and which shall be'noise less in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box of this characterhaving a. long and flexible spring attached at one end to one member ofthe box, so as to provide an easy opening and closing movement for the.box.

To .these ends, the invention consists in the construction andcombination'of parts substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings,.Figure 1 is aper spective viewrepresenting my invention in one of its embodiments. Fig. 2 representsthe same form of box, in section. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2,showing the box closed.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Thelower or body member of the box is indicated at 10, and the uppermember or cover or lid at 11, said members being connected by a suitablehinge, the plates of which are indicated at 12 and 13 and the pintle at14. Any form of hinge may be substituted, however, for the oneillustrated. One of the members of the box is formed with a lug 15,which in the form shown is an integral portion of the plate 12 of thehinge; but it will be readily understood that said lug might be struckup from a portion of the member 10 of the box. A spring 16 is connectedat one, end to the cover member of the box by a tubular rivet 17, and isprovided with a slot or hole 18 in its free end. Preferably the springconsists of a strip ofresilient sheet metal; but I do not limit myselfto the specific form of spring shdwn. A link 19, also preferablyconsisting of a strip of sheet metal, has one end pivotally connectedwith the free end of the spring 16, and has its other end bent to formahook 20, which engages theedge of the lug 15. The tension of the spring16 is such as to constantly exert a pulling action on the link, and thelink is bent or Letters Patent.

same.

Witnesses M. B. MAY,

C. C. Srncnns.

N T OFFICE. I

OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FARRINGTON MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION Patented Aug. 20,1907.

curved between its ends, so as to permit the upper end to pass beyond animaginary line intersecting the other end of the link and the axis ofthe hinge when the lid 1 is swung between its limits of movement inopening or closing. In other words, a straight line beginning at theedge of the lug 15 and extending through and beyond the point 14 shownin Fig. 2, would be passed by the upper end of the link when moving tothe position shown in Fig. 3, or back again. Therefore the tension ofthe spring has a constant tendency to hold the lid member of the boxeither in the position shown in Fig. 2, or that shown in Fig. 3. Whenthe lid is open, the intermediate portion of the link indicated at thepoint 21, bears against the upper portion of the plate 12 of the hinge,and serves as a stop to limit the opening movement of the lid. Of courseif the lug 15 were formed as a portion of the member 10 of the box,instead of providing the hinge-plate 12, then the bearing point 21 ofthe link would press against the upper edge of the said member 10 of thebox.

, Having now described my invention, I claim,-

1. A spring-lid box comprising two members having a hinged connection, aflat metal spring connected to one of said members, and a linkconnecting the spring with the other member, said link being arranged atan angle to said spring and being bent or curved between its ends topermil; one end to pass beyond an imaginary line intersecting theother-end of the link and the axis of the hinge.

2. A spring-lid box comprising two members having a hinged connectiom'aresilient sheet-metal spring having one end connected to the top portionof one member of the box so as to lie substantially parallel theretoand: having its other end free, and a link connecting the free end ofthe spring with the rear Wall of the other member of the box, said linkbeing bent or curved between its ends, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. A spring-lid box comprising two members having a hinged connection,one of said members having an inwardly projecting rigid lug, and a flatmetal spring connected at one end to the other member of the box andhav-' ing its free end formed with a'slot or hole, and a link having oneend engaged with the said slot or hole of the spring and having itsother end engaging the lug, .said link being bent or curved between itsends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A spring-lid box comprisingtwo members having a hinged connection, afiat metal spring connected to one of said members, and a linkconnecting the spring with the other member, said link being bent orcurved between its ends and having aportion adapted to bear against afixed portion of the box to limit the opening movement of the Intestimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ALANSON w. FARRINGTON.

